Back in 2015 my children gave me a joint present of several hours studio time. They wanted to have a recording of some songs I had written as well as some songs they remember me playing when they were young. So, here ’tis. Thanks kids!
Deep River Blues (Alton & Rabon Delmore)
Put The Blues On The Run (Steve Spensley)
Gypsy Davey (traditional, America / British Isles)
Police Dog Blues (Arthur Blake)
We’ll Go Dancing (Steve Spensley)
Best Intentions (Steve Spensley)
The Look (Steve Spensley)
King Edward’s Blues (Willie McTell)
The Farmer Is The Man (traditional, America)
Trece / Skyranch Serenade (Tom Mitchell / Steve Spensley)
Sail Away Ladies (traditional, America)
Stealin’ (Gus Cannon)
Moonlight Love ( Steve Spensley)
Isa Lei (traditional, Figi)
GUITAR PIECES: A collection of the various instrumentals I had been playing, November 2000.
Track 1 Bermuda Triangle Exit: by Stefan Grossman
Track 2: Debbie Ann: by John Renbourn
Track 3: Visa: Traditional Swedish, from piano version by Jan Johannson
Track 4: The Idle Road/Drunken Wagoneer: Traditional Irish, versions by Creighton Lindsay/Stefan Grossman
Track 5: Nancy’s Egg Roll: by Alex Beaven
Track 6: Windy and Warm: by J.D. Loudermilk
Track 7: South Devon Atmospheric: by Mike Rogers
Track 8: Hymn/Gypsy Davey: Traditional version by Joseph Spence/Happy Traum’s version of Woody Guthrie’s
Track 9: Available Space: by Ry Cooder:, note: this and the other slide guitar songs were recorded at a lower volume and I don’t know how to fix that, sorry!
Track 10: Sweet Talkin’ Blues: by George Gritzbach, check out the original for the lyrics!
Track 11: S’beg S’mor / Midnight on the Water: Turlough O’Carolan/ Benny Thomasson, versions by Davey Graham / John Renbourn
Track 12: Angie: by Davey Graham, versions by Davey Graham, John Renbourn, Bert Jansch, Alex Beaven & Paul Simon
Track 13: Sailor’s Grave on the Prairie / Machine Gun: by Leo Kottke
Track 14: Diggin’ Uncle Sam’s Backyard: by Paul Geremia
Track 15: Isa Lei: Traditional Figi, version by Gabby Pahinui
Track 16: July Samba: by Steve Spensley: OK, so this probably is not a real samba but the chords sounded like samba chords to me and I really wish I could play that music for real…
Track 17: Sky Ranch Serenade: by Steve Spensley for Paul and Vicky’s house where the Saltash Serenaders often caroused and rehearsed
Track 18: Cecelia: by Ruby & Dreyer, version by Michael Cooney
Track 19: Best Intentions: By Steve Spensley, well, you know…
Track 20: Nefarious Doin’s: by Chris Hardy
Track 21: Dark Is the Night, Cold is the Ground: by Blind Willie Johnson
Engineer: Marcos Levy, Cold River Band Studio, Cuttungsville, VT
